MACHINE HEAD: Second Studio Webisode Posted Online

The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the as-yet-untitled seventh album from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD can be viewed below. The CD is currently being recorded at GREEN DAY's Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California for a tentative September release via Roadrunner Records.

Check out photos from the studio at this location.

When asked about the lyrical themes covered on MACHINE HEAD's new CD, guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn told "Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone, "One song we've got called 'Locust', it's... the way the locusts fly when they fly in swarms, they can fly, but they can't control which direction they go, so they can only float on the wind, and they come down and they cause all this destruction and they fly away, go wherever the wind takes them again. And the song's basically a metaphor for a type of person that sometimes comes into your life and has that effect."

Regarding what new things MACHINE HEAD fans can expect to hear on the band's forthcoming CD, drummer Dave McClain told Horns Up Rocks!, "For the past two records [as well as] this one, we've really been writing for ourselves. And we don't really have a set plan; we didn't really sit down and even go, like, 'We had a bunch of long songs on the last record, we've gotta do a bunch of short ones.' We had some time off and we started itching to get back in and start writing — just whatever was flowing out. And it's killer, man; it's super-exciting. We're all really, really excited about what happened, what came out. We feel like we've got another kick-ass album on our hands and we can't wait for everybody to hear it."

Working songtitles for next MACHINE HEAD album:

* This Is The End
* Who We Are
* Pearls Before Swine
* Under The August Moon
* I Am Hell
* Darkness Within
* Locust

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Ozzfest 2011 Cancelled Despite Prior Promotion Of The Event

On a brief post made on the official Ozzfest Facebook page it has been announced that there will be no version of the popular Ozzfest taking place in 2011. One of the pioneering hard rock and metal festivals, started in 1997 by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, will once again miss out on another summer touring cycle - for the second time in three years. The festival has gone through a number of changes over the past few years as a result of economic woes and more competition from events like the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem and Uproar festivals.
Ozzy Osbourne offered a short statement in regards to the cancellation by saying;
"No, [there will be no Ozzfest] this year. I just finished a lengthy arena tour of the U.S., so I've decided to tour Europe this summer instead."
The festival's official website, Ozzfest.com, had previously posted polls asking for fans to vote on bands they would like to see appear at this year's event. The site also featured a forum post requesting fan input. Both articles have since been removed.

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